Commons:Valued image candidates

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These are the candidates to become valued images. Please note that this is not the same as featured pictures or quality images. If you simply want some feedback on your pictures you can get that at photography critiques.

Single images can be proposed for valued image (VI) status. Candidates must be proposed as being the most valuable of all Commons' images within a specified scope. Judging is carried out according to the valued image criteria.

A Most Valued Review (MVR) is opened where there are two or more candidates competing within essentially the same scope.

The rules for promotion can be found at Commons:Valued image candidates/Promotion rules.

An image which has previously been declined can be renominated within the same scope only if the issues leading to the original decline have been addressed. Previously nominated images that were closed as "undecided" can be renominated at any time. Once a candidate achieves VI or VIS status it can normally be demoted only if some better candidate replaces it during an MVR.

If you would like to nominate an image for VI status, please do so following the instructions below. If you are proposing a better candidate within essentially the same scope as an image which already has VI status, please open an MVR.

How to nominate an image for VI status

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Nominations will be evaluated using the criteria listed at Commons:Valued image criteria. Please read those criteria before submitting an image to help cut down on the number of candidates that have a low chance of success. Make sure you understand the concept of scope and how to choose the correct scope for your nomination.

Please make sure that your proposed image fulfills all of the necessary criteria before nominating it. For example, if it needs to be geocoded, do that in advance. If no appropriate categories exist, create and link them beforehand. Although some reviewers may help by fixing minor issues during the review process, it is your responsibility as nominator to ensure your image ticks all the necessary boxes before you propose it. If you nominate an image that ignores one of the criteria, don't be surprised if it fails VI review.

Adding a new nomination (image)

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Step 1: Copy the image name into this box (excluding the File: prefix), at the end of the text already present in the box, for example, Commons:Valued image candidates/My-image-filename.jpg. Then click on the "Create new nomination" button.


Step 2: Follow the instructions on the page that you are taken to, and save the resulting VIC subpage.

Step 3: Manually add the candidate image towards the end of Commons:Valued image candidates/candidate list (under the heading "New valued image nominations"), as the last parameter in the VICs template. Click here, and append the following line as the last parameter of the relevant section:

|My-image-filename.jpg

so that it looks like this: 

{{VICs
 ...
 |My-image-filename.jpg
}}

and save the candidate list.

Renomination

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Declined VICs can be renominated by any registered user, but only after one or more of the root cause(s) leading to a decline has/have been addressed. Undecided VICs can be renominated as is although it is still recommended to consider and fix issue(s) which may have hindered a promotion of the candidate in the previous review.

Besides fixing issues with the previous nomination the following procedure shall be followed upon renomination.

Step 1: Edit the candidate subpage you intend to renominate. All declined and undecided VICs are placed in either Category:Declined valued image candidates, or Category:Undecided valued image candidates and sorted by the date of the previous nomination.

Step 2: Replace the previous nomination date and time by pasting in 

|date={{subst:VI-time}}

Step 3: Replace the "undecided" or "declined" status with "nominated" (or "discussed" if you intend to add it to a Most Valued Review).

Step 4: If the previous nominator was a different user replace the nominator parameter with 

|nominator=~~~

Step 5: If the candidate does not already have an archive link to previous reviews: Create one using the following procedure.

  • Cut the text in the previous review section (leave the closing braces "}}")
  • replace the review parameter with
|review=
{{subst:VIC-archive}}
}}
  • Save the page.
  • There is now a red link to Previous reviews. Click the link to create the archive subpage and paste in the previous reviews.
  • Save the previous reviews archive page

Step 6: Add the candidate to the candidates list.

How to open a Most Valued Review

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There must be at least two candidates competing within essentially the same scope to open an MVR. Each needs its own VIC subpage, which should be created as above if it does not already exist, but with status set to "discussed". Then, add the following section at the end of the page Commons:Valued image candidates/Most valued review candidate list: 

=== Scope ===
{{VICs
  |candidate1.jpg
  |candidate2.jpg
}}

where Scope is the scope of both images, and candidate1.jpg and candidate2.jpg are the respective candidates. If need be, also remove the relevant image(s) from the list in Pending valued image candidates

If one of the candidates is an existing VI within essentially the same scope, the original VIC subpage is re-opened for voting by changing its status to status=discussed and new reviews are appended to the original VIC subpage. However, any original votes are not counted within the MVR.

The status parameter of each candidate should remain set to "discussed" while the MVR is ongoing.

How to review the candidates

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How to review an image

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Any registered user can review the valued image candidates. Comments are welcome from everyone, but neither the nominator nor the original image author may vote (that does not exclude voting from users who have edited the image with a view to improving it).

Nominations should be evaluated using the criteria listed at Commons:Valued image criteria. Please read those and the page on scope carefully before reviewing. Reviewing here is a serious business, and a reviewer who just breezes by to say "I like it!" is not adding anything of value. You need to spend the time to check the nomination against every one of the six VI criteria, and you also need to carry out searches to satisfy yourself on the "most valuable" criterion.

Review procedure

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  • On the review page the image is presented in the review size. You are welcome to view the image in full resolution by following the image links, but bear in mind that it is the appearance of the image at review size which matters.
  • Check the candidate carefully against each of the six VI criteria. The criteria are mandatory, and to succeed the candidate has to satisfy all six.
  • Use the where used field, if provided, to study the current usage of the candidate in Wikimedia projects. If you find usage of interest do add relevant links to the nomination.
  • Look for other images of the same kind of subject by following the links to relevant categories in the image page, and to any Commons galleries.
    • If you find another image which is already a VI within essentially the same scope, the candidate and the existing VI should be moved to Most Valued Review (MVR) to determine which one is the more valued.
    • If you find one or more other images which in your opinion are equally or more valued images within essentially the same scope, you should nominate these images as well and move all the candidates to an MVR.
  • Once you have made up your mind, edit the review page and add your vote or comment to the review parameter as follows:
You type You get When
*{{Comment}} My Comment. -- ~~~~ You have a comment.
*{{Info}} My information. -- ~~~~ You have information.
*{{Neutral}} Reason for neutral vote. -- ~~~~
  •  Neutral Reason for neutral vote. -- Example
 You are uncertain or wish to record a neutral vote.
*{{Oppose}} Reason for opposing vote. -- ~~~~
  •  Oppose Reason for opposing vote. -- Example
 You think that the candidate fails one or more of the six mandatory criteria.
*{{Question}} My question. -- ~~~~ You have a question.
*{{Support}} Reason for supporting. -- ~~~~
  •  Support Reason for supporting. -- Example
 You think that the candidate meets all of the six mandatory criteria.
  • If the nomination fails one of the six criteria, but in a way that can be fixed, you can optionally let the nominator know what needs to be done using the {{VIF}} template.
  • Your comment goes immediately before the final closing braces "}}" on the page.
How to update the status
  • Finally, change the status of the nomination if appropriate:
    • status=nominated When no votes or only neutral votes have been added to the review field (blue image border).
    • status=supported When there is at least one {{Support}} vote but no {{Oppose}} votes (light green image border).
    • status=opposed When there is at least one {{Oppose}} vote but no {{Support}} votes (red image border).
    • status=discussed When there is at least one {{Oppose}} vote and one {{Support}} vote (yellow image border).


Remember the criteria: 1. Most valuable 2. Suitable scope 3. Illustrates well 4. Fully described 5. Geocoded 6. Well categorized.

Changes in scope during the review period

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The nominator is allowed to make changes in scope as the review proceeds, for example in response to reviewer votes or comments. Whenever a scope is changed the nominator should post a signed comment at the bottom of the review area using {{VIC-scope-change|old scope|new scope|--~~~~}}, and should also leave a note on the talk page of all existing voters asking them to reconsider their vote. A support vote made before the change of scope is not counted unless it is reconfirmed afterwards; an oppose vote is counted unless it is changed or withdrawn.

You can submit new nominations starting on COM:VIC.

Pending valued image candidates

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Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache
55,754 closed valued image candidates
 Closed as Nominations 
Promoted
  
 50,153 (90%) 
Undecided
  
 3,104 (5.6%) 
Declined
  
 2,497 (4.5%) 


New valued image nominations

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Nominated by:
Zzzs (talk) on 2024-07-18 05:28 (UTC)
Scope:
Psephotellus chrysopterygius (Golden-shouldered parrot), mixed pairs
Yes. Zzzs (talk) 11:02, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 04:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Davekern (talk) on 2024-07-18 15:01 (UTC)
Scope:
Views of Minato, Tokyo from Shibuya Stream
Used in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo
Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 04:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
ReneeWrites (talk) on 2024-07-19 14:37 (UTC)
Scope:
Grafmonument Engelbrecht I van Nassau - Engelbrecht I and Johanna van Polanen with saints
Used in:
Engelbert I of Nassau
@Archaeodontosaurus: I linked the Commons category. I'd like to choose this category over Grafmonument Engelbrecht I van Nassau because this image focuses on Engelbert (and his wife Joanna), who can be seen kneeling in the front, rather than the monument in its entirety. ReneeWrites (talk) 07:16, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would suggest Grafmonument Engelbrecht I van Nassau - Engelbrecht I and Johanna van Polanen with saints as scope. --Thi (talk) 11:36, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Thi: Adjusted the scope again, thank you for the advice :) ReneeWrites (talk) 13:39, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 04:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-07-20 10:47 (UTC)
Scope:
Plaques de cocher Flers (Le Breucq), view from Rue Jean Jaurès
Used in:
Flers-Breucq
Open for review. May be closed as Promoted if the last vote was added no later than 04:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-21 04:57 (UTC)
Scope:
Arturo Martini - Il Piave in Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia Venice
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-21 04:58 (UTC)
Scope:
Notre-Dame-de-la-Platé church in Castres - The nave and the choir
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-21 05:04 (UTC)
Scope:
Ritratto dell'attrice Virginia Reider - Giacomo Grosso
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-21 07:27 (UTC)
Scope:
Gyps africanus (White-backed vulture) showing white back
Reason:
many images in many categories, but I couldn't find a better one that shows the white back.> -- Charlesjsharp (talk)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-07-21 14:41 (UTC)
Scope:
Plaques de cocher in Lille, view from rue de Gand
Used in:
Global usage
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-07-21 15:48 (UTC)
Scope:
Plaques de cocher in Bellaing, view from Rue Jean Jaurès
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-07-21 15:51 (UTC)
Scope:
Buitenaanzicht van de kapel van de Naadloze mantel van Jezus, Kathedraal van Trier.
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-22 04:54 (UTC)
Scope:
Il palazzo Vendramin Calergi sul Canal Grande‎ by Carlo Grubacs (Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-22 04:59 (UTC)
Scope:
Oedemera nobilis male on Knautia arvensi
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-22 05:03 (UTC)
Scope:
Scorcio di Campo San Giovanni e Paolo a Venezia (Glimpse of Campo San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice) by Erma Zago (Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-22 08:39 (UTC)
Scope:
Merops Bullockoides (White-fronted bee-eater) in flight
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Famberhorst (talk) on 2024-07-22 16:37 (UTC)
Scope:
Flower of one Succisa pratensis devil’s-Bit.
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Palu (talk) on 2024-07-22 19:17 (UTC)
Scope:
Rye fields in the Czech Republic; Fields in Nature park Džbán
Reason:
I am new in valuable, featured or good pictures, so maybe I am wrong, but maybe this picture will be good enough? Sorry for my poor experiences with this procedure :) Thank you for your patience -- Palu (talk)
  •  Comment The concept of scope is complicated. A scope about rye fields is OK. It should be the best image of rye growing in a field that clearly illustrates the subject at review size (i.e. before you click on the image). That's going to be quite tricky unless we could see that it is rye, not another cereal. The location is unimportant unless, for instance, a particular rye species only grows in one place. Close-ups of rye growing or seed heads etc. would also make good scopes. This picture is not great as the phone's shutter speed was too low. Even when I zoom in I cannot really tell this is not barley as everything is blurred. Charlesjsharp (talk) 07:48, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-07-23 04:32 (UTC)
Scope:
Detail of the monumental work of art Deltawerk // Breakwaters. public work of art in Marknesse. (artists RAAAF en Atelier de Lyon) Southeast side.
  •  Support If more details are nominated, I think they should have additional descriptions, for example "western outer wall, view from the south". --Thi (talk) 15:20, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-23 05:03 (UTC)
Scope:
The sending of ambassadors from the King of England - Storie di sant'Orsola by Tommaso da Modena - Complesso di Santa Caterina - Treviso
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-23 05:04 (UTC)
Scope:
The Annunciation by Alonso Cano - Goya Museum
Open for review.

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Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-23 05:09 (UTC)
Scope:
La Caccia allo smergo by Pietro Longhi (Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-23 08:10 (UTC)
Scope:
Cymothoe alcimeda marieps (Battling glider) female dorsal
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-23 08:35 (UTC)
Scope:
Physcaeneura panda (Dark-webbed ringlet) underside
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
MasterRus21thCentury (talk) on 2024-07-23 11:07 (UTC)
Scope:
Leonid Brezhnev
Used in:
en:Leonid Brezhnev
Reason:
One of the few official portraits of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev on Wikimedia Commons - RIA Novosti in 2011-2012 did not provide official photographs of members of the CPSU, especially the Politburo of the Central Committee. This photograph is stored in the National Archives of the Netherlands and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in October 2018. -- MasterRus21thCentury (talk)
I changed the wikilink: Category:Leonid Brezhnev -> gallery. --Thi (talk) 11:45, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-23 13:16 (UTC)
Scope:
Axiocerses tjoane tjoane (Common scarlet) male dorsal
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
GRDN711 (talk) on 2024-07-23 15:36 (UTC)
Scope:
Tugboat, CHARLES H. CATES I - IMO 8703218
Reason:
Best view of this tug boat by name. -- GRDN711 (talk)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Pierre André (talk) on 2024-07-23 20:59 (UTC)
Scope:
Plaques de cocher in Montreuil-sur-Mer, view from Prte de France
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-07-24 04:30 (UTC)
Scope:
Swirling free-flowing mass of water in the Clemgia mountain village S-charl.
Used in:
Wikimedia projects.
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-24 05:02 (UTC)
Scope:
Canal Grande con San Simeon Piccolo e la chiesa degli Scalzi verso Santa Lucia by Francesco Albotto (Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-24 05:04 (UTC)
Scope:
Notre-Dame-de-la-Platé church in Castres - Pulpit
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Archaeodontosaurus (talk) on 2024-07-24 05:05 (UTC)
Scope:
Lezione di canto (Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-24 08:38 (UTC)
Scope:
Papilio dardanus cenea (Mocker swallowtail) female form hippoccon, dorsal
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-24 08:40 (UTC)
Scope:
Papilio dardanus cenea (Mocker swallowtail) female underside form hippoccon
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Charlesjsharp (talk) on 2024-07-24 08:41 (UTC)
Scope:
Papilio dardanus cenea (Mocker swallowtail) male-like tailed form female underside
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
ReneeWrites (talk) on 2024-07-24 13:44 (UTC)
Scope:
De Hoop, Princenhage
Used in:
De Hoop (Breda)
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) on 2024-07-24 17:31 (UTC)
Scope:
Detail of the monumental work of art Deltawerk // Waterloopbos test setup Delta flume. Exterior walls of two buildings opposite each other. public work of art in Marknesse. (artists RAAAF en Atelier de Lyon) Direction: northeast.
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Thi (talk) on 2024-07-24 20:53 (UTC)
Scope:
The collected works of Robert G. Ingersoll
Used in:
en:Robert G. Ingersoll, en:Robert Ingersoll Birthplace, en:Freethought
Reason:
Robert G. Ingersoll’s collected works (the Dresden Edition) were in print from 1900 to 1929. The picture depicts the collection of the Robert Green Ingersoll Birthplace Museum. -- Thi (talk)
Open for review.

Review it! (edit)
Nominated by:
Thi (talk) on 2024-07-24 21:42 (UTC)
Scope:
Veloso Salgado, As Ciências Físico-Naturais, 1917. University of Porto.
Used in:
en:Veloso Salgado
Open for review.

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Thi (talk) on 2024-07-24 21:58 (UTC)
Scope:
Title page of the Encyclopédie, 1751.
Used in:
en:Encyclopédie, en:Denis Diderot, en:History of France, en:Age of Enlightenment, en:History of encyclopedias
Open for review.



Pending Most valued review candidates

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Trithemis annulata (Violet dropwing) female, lateral view

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Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Zzzs (talk) on 2024-06-17 21:54 (UTC)
Scope:
Trithemis annulata (Violet dropwing) female, lateral view
Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:20, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 04:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Review Page (edit)
Nominated by:
Zzzs (talk) on 2024-06-17 21:53 (UTC)
Scope:
Trithemis annulata (Violet dropwing) female, lateral view
Open for review. May be closed if the last vote was added no later than 04:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
To initiate a most valued review, please go to the dedicated MVR sub page.
Refresh page for new nominations: purge this page's cache

All open candidates in an MVR have to have their status set as "discussed" while the review is ongoing. Only when all candidates are due for closure can the MVR be closed.

Refer to Most valued review, the promotion rules and the instructions for closure for details.

Pending valued image set candidates

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Warning This section has been deactivated because of technical issues. Please do not add any VI set candidate.
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